The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, August 28, 1919, Image 8
GRACE DECLARED
MAYOR NOMINEE
Subcommittee Reports After Long Ses
sion. Statement by Hyde.
Charleston, Aug. 23.—It was not un
til after 6 o’clock this morning that
the committee on canvass of the city
Democratic executive committee, after
working all night counting challenged
votes, hearing the evidence of many
challengers and challenged, returned
its report to the main committee, and
"report was adopted by a vote of
13 to 12, and John P. Grace declared
mayoralty nominee with a majority pf
14 votes over Tristram T. Hyde, whose
lead of one, unofficially announced
Tuesday night, was wiped out by the
findings of the committee. The other
nominees. Including 18 Grace aider-
men, were unaffected by, the counting
of the challenged votes.
Mr. Hyde in a brief statement this
afternoon characterized the action of
the committee as ‘‘high handed, ar
bitrary and illegal” and said he would
exhaust, every means to have justice
done as he held his majority was
clear and distinct, and he was confi
dent of the outcome. After the official
tabulation was announced this morn
ing, Mr. Grace addressed a throng of
his cheering admirers in front of the
Hibernian Hall, here the cprumiyjoe-
^^meetlng 'was heftf, declaring a victory
of the people had been won, that he
would * keep his campaign promises
and redeem Charleston. He would for
give, he said, but not forget, and de
clared: ‘‘We shall remember our
friends and never forgive our enemies,
politically speaking. But from the
civic standpoint, in the upbuilding of
• this city, I will know neither friend
nor foe. Only in the distribution of
-bat legitimately belongs to politics
will I know my friends. After that all
'• shall be eqaul before the law in
Charleston, at least” He urged his
followers to celebrate, but commit no
' acts of vandalism or malice. He said
the people had vindicated his patriot
ism, and he thanked them. After the
address of Mr. Grace a jubilation
parade was held, which was an or
derly but enthusiastic demonstration.
On every motion before the execu
tive committee advanced by the Grace
faction a counter motion was put by
the Hyde faction or opposition regis
tered and the vote stood 13 to 12. The
Hyde faction tried to have the con
sideration of challenged votes held be
fore the whole committee, but the sub
committee on canvass did the count
ing in executive session and com
pleted the tabulation. The Hyde fac
tion tried to get a recount and was
voted down, also to have a stenog
rapher take notes on the hearing ot
challenges. A motion by the Hyde
faction to have the count of Tuesday
stand was voted down. The commit
tee, by a vote of 13 to 12, dismissed
the petition of nine Hyde aldermanic
candidates for a recount and deferred
action on the petitions for a recount
presented by Mr. Hyde and Mr. Grace.
cellent order prevailed all through
the night, and careful precautions ef
fectively forestalled any danger of
outbreaks. The crowd in front of the
Hibernian Hall was noisy but good na-
tured.
It is considered assured that the
Hyde faction will endeavor to take
the election findings into court. It is
believed that a formal announcement
to this effect will be made in a day
or two, especially in view of Mr.
Hyde’s statement this afternoon. "Mr.
Hyde’s petition for a recount has not
been refused by the committee, dis
position of it being deferred by ac
tion of the committee last night, as
was done with Mr. Grace’s petition.
The ballot boxes remain locked and in
a sealed room at the Hibernian Hall
in official custody. Meanwhile, official
ly, the city Democratic executlv^jctun.--
mifTeeTias rendered its decision, and
Mr. Grace is the declared mayoralty
nominee of the party, defeating Mr.
Hyde by a remarkably close vote, af
ter one of the bitterest municipal cam-,
paigns this city has ever had.
GOVERNMENT AGAIN
- CONTROLS SUGAR
Department of Justice and Food Ad
ministration Reach Agreement. Will
Revoke 'Licenses 'Wherever Profi
teering Shown.
Washington, Aug. 21.—Active con
trol of sugar prices was resumed to
day by the government, through an
agreement reached by the department
of justice and the food administration
that licenses be revoked by the latter
when it is shown dealers have been
profiteering.
Sugar should reach the consumer at
approximately 11 cents a pound, it was
announced, based on the ownership of
the entire domestic and Cuban crop
by the United States sugar equaliza
tion board, which is selling to refiners
at 7.28 cents a pound. Refiners are
under contract with the board to sell
at 9 cents, less 2 per cent discount for
cash, wholesalers and jobbers are al
lowed a maximum of 68 cents per 100
pounds for handling and retailers are
permitted a profit of 1 to 11-2 cents
per pound, making a fair jprice 11
cents except in cases where-dealers
have purchased at an ‘‘unreasonable”
price, due to misunderstanding in
trade. When this is a fact, a reason
able advance over the actual cost will
be permitted.
With the house agricultural commit-
tee’s amendment for extension of the
powers of the food control act before |
it, the house tonight was prepared to'
take action tomorrow on the amend
ment and thereby make its first exten
sive step toward beating down living
costs. The amendment, which was re
ported to the house today by a unani
mous vote, includes retailers among
those liable under the food control
ict, and its enactment along with the
control exercise dover sugar, officials
believe, will do much to curtail pro
fiteering by retailers.
Sale of army subsistence supplies
now in progress will cover virtually
the entire surplus, the war depart
ment announced jtoda}\ includinjg
enough to give two pounds of meat
and one and one-quarter pounds of
canned vegetables to each person in
the United States.
Thq ftmemiment
act as reported today would extend
the act’s provisions to include wearing
apparel, containers of food, feed or
fertilizer and fuel oil. A penalty of
35,000 and two years’ imprisonment
for profiteering. , ^
“The absence of evidence of any
profiteering by the farmers,” the agri
cultural committee’s report adds, “and
the provision of the so-called Sherman
anti-trust law recognising collective
bargaining by labor makes it wise to
not subject the farmers to inconven
ience and expenses under the federal
law.”
Numerous bills and resolutions deal
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presented in both houses of congress.
Representative Hutchinson, republi
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